The CDC has calculated, "If all Americans had equal access to the best preventive care currently available somewhere in the country, roughly 20% to 40% of premature deaths from the five leading causes of death could be avoided," the Los Angeles Times reports. The CDC looked at how many Americans died...

Skin Cancer

The New York Times' Well blog reports on a report published in JAMA Pediatrics that has found that UV light used in nail salon lamps may be linked to increased risk of skin cancer. Researchers "conducted a random sampling of 17 different UV nail lamps found in salons to determine how much ultraviolet...

Bloomberg News reports that "Roche Holding AG (ROG) won U.S. approval for the first test to screen for cervical cancer that will serve as an alternative to a Pap smear." The test, called cobas HPV test, can detect DNA from 14 human papillomavirus types, but "primarily detects two types of HPV responsible for...